In order to make sure that your WebQuest stays aligned with your unit, you will need to copy and paste 3 things from your Stages 1 and 2 from your unit for Dr. Grace's class. (This will also help Dr. Theresa give you better feedback on your Intro, Task, and Conclusion.) Then you will write your first drafts of your Introduction and Conclusion.
G.R.A.S.P.S
(Feel free to copy and paste what you have for the GRASPS portion of your unit for Dr. Grace in Stage 2.)
Performance Task (Summary in G.R.A.S.P.S. form):(T)
Goal: Create an interactive website explaining how plot and character develop and interact with each other. Role: A young novelist Audience: The Young Writers Program Situation: The Young Writers Program is updating and adding to their website. Product/Presentation: A website with more than just text so it can be presented. Standards (six categories for each rubric) Presentation Rubric: Posture and Eye Contact 15%, Comprehension 20%, Preparedness 25%, Listens to Other's Presentations 15%, Stays on Topic 15%, Enthusiasm 10% Product Rubric:Mechanics 15%, Content 30%, Navigation 15%,Spelling and Grammar 15%, Work Ethic 10%, Layout 15%
Understanding(s)
(Copy and paste the big understanding(s) you have listed in your unit for Dr. Grace in Stage 1 (the answers to the essential questions). What are the academic goals for the unit (which will also be the purpose of the WebQuest)?)
What understandings are desired?
Big Ideas
Big Ideas
•Plot/timelines, character development
•Claims, textual evidence usage
Students will understand that:(U)
•the plot and characters in The Magician's Nephew interact and affect each other.
•The Magician's Nephew can be connected to real life.
•textual evidence is needed to support claims.
Introduction
(Set the stage, give us any background info that we might need to know (but just a hint), this is your HOOK. Provide a segue to the Task . . . make your reader want to click to the next section. There should be nothing that sounds like school work in this section. Don't give away what's going to happen in the Task.)
Do you love exciting stories? When the plot twists and turns and exciting things happen? In this webquest students will analyze the Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis and create a project about it's characters and plot. They are going to discuss, on some for or another, how little things can dramatically change the plot of a story. The students will be creating a website with various different types of media on it to portray these things.
Task
(This story should match the Task Description/Summary from your unit in Stage 2 (Through what authentic performance task will students demonstrate understandings?). You can copy and paste from Dr. Grace's wiki.Tell the story of the Role, Audience, Situation, and Product & Performance. Be a story teller. Save any classroom-specific information for the Process. Build the scenario and stay in character. You can reference the Introduction but try not to duplicate the information that's in the Introduction. Be sure to write this in second person ("you work for an international design firm" "you and your colleagues at the television studio" "your team wants to submit the winning entry"...))
Novelists needed to help the Young Writers Program add to their currently in-progress website! The novelists are being asked to create a mock website that explains plot and character development using The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis as a reference. It should also show how they interact with each other. This section will be part of a larger portion of the website aimed toward young writers who participate in the event. The website must have more than just text. Make it interesting and engaging. There should be some sort of written explanation (a short blog like post) that explains what you've done so that the young writers understand what you're telling them fully. The winner will have the chance to help redesign the website, and they will also win a book deal with a Young Writers Program's sponsor, Penguin Books.
Conclusion
(Tie everything the participants have done back to the Goal. Why did they go through all of this? Tie the scenario to the real world. Remind them of the "Big Idea" that they were supposed to gain from this, just in case they didn't make the connection on their own. Don't get preachy. If you ask a question here, it has to be rhetorical. No work or assignments should be included. Short is good.)
Now that you've made it to this page and finished the webquest how are you doing? Tired? Relieved? Well, despite that here you are. You've created a website that shows how well you understand how plot and character interact on a work of literature, and you've gotten through a few standards along the way. That's exciting. You've also learned allllll about citations, which are very important when trying to convince people things. With evidence, how can you opponent argue? Now that you know all this, you're ready to go out and debate everyone you see like a champ, and you'll probably come out on top as long as you have your correct and legitimate citations.
G.R.A.S.P.S
(Feel free to copy and paste what you have for the GRASPS portion of your unit for Dr. Grace in Stage 2.)Role: A young novelist
Audience: The Young Writers Program
Situation: The Young Writers Program is updating and adding to their website.
Product/Presentation: A website with more than just text so it can be presented.
Standards (six categories for each rubric)
Presentation Rubric: Posture and Eye Contact 15%, Comprehension 20%, Preparedness 25%, Listens to Other's Presentations 15%, Stays on Topic 15%, Enthusiasm 10%
Product Rubric:Mechanics 15%, Content 30%, Navigation 15%,Spelling and Grammar 15%, Work Ethic 10%, Layout 15%
Understanding(s)
(Copy and paste the big understanding(s) you have listed in your unit for Dr. Grace in Stage 1 (the answers to the essential questions). What are the academic goals for the unit (which will also be the purpose of the WebQuest)?)What understandings are desired?
•The Magician's Nephew can be connected to real life.
•textual evidence is needed to support claims.
Introduction
(Set the stage, give us any background info that we might need to know (but just a hint), this is your HOOK. Provide a segue to the Task . . . make your reader want to click to the next section. There should be nothing that sounds like school work in this section. Don't give away what's going to happen in the Task.)Do you love exciting stories? When the plot twists and turns and exciting things happen? In this webquest students will analyze the Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis and create a project about it's characters and plot. They are going to discuss, on some for or another, how little things can dramatically change the plot of a story. The students will be creating a website with various different types of media on it to portray these things.
Task
(This story should match the Task Description/Summary from your unit in Stage 2 (Through what authentic performance task will students demonstrate understandings?). You can copy and paste from Dr. Grace's wiki. Tell the story of the Role, Audience, Situation, and Product & Performance. Be a story teller. Save any classroom-specific information for the Process. Build the scenario and stay in character. You can reference the Introduction but try not to duplicate the information that's in the Introduction. Be sure to write this in second person ("you work for an international design firm" "you and your colleagues at the television studio" "your team wants to submit the winning entry"...))Novelists needed to help the Young Writers Program add to their currently in-progress website! The novelists are being asked to create a mock website that explains plot and character development using The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis as a reference. It should also show how they interact with each other. This section will be part of a larger portion of the website aimed toward young writers who participate in the event. The website must have more than just text. Make it interesting and engaging. There should be some sort of written explanation (a short blog like post) that explains what you've done so that the young writers understand what you're telling them fully. The winner will have the chance to help redesign the website, and they will also win a book deal with a Young Writers Program's sponsor, Penguin Books.
Conclusion
(Tie everything the participants have done back to the Goal. Why did they go through all of this? Tie the scenario to the real world. Remind them of the "Big Idea" that they were supposed to gain from this, just in case they didn't make the connection on their own. Don't get preachy. If you ask a question here, it has to be rhetorical. No work or assignments should be included. Short is good.)Now that you've made it to this page and finished the webquest how are you doing? Tired? Relieved? Well, despite that here you are. You've created a website that shows how well you understand how plot and character interact on a work of literature, and you've gotten through a few standards along the way. That's exciting. You've also learned allllll about citations, which are very important when trying to convince people things. With evidence, how can you opponent argue? Now that you know all this, you're ready to go out and debate everyone you see like a champ, and you'll probably come out on top as long as you have your correct and legitimate citations.